Brookdale has locations throughout Monmouth County for affordable access to higher education and student services close to your home - stop by our Centers in Hazlet, Freehold, Long Branch, Neptune, and Wall!

The award-winning book about the history of Brookdale - from the early colonial farmers, through the racing thoroughbreds of the Thompson stables, to the community college movement of the 1960s and the County's 1967 establishment of Brookdale.

The Bankier Library on the Lincroft campus is a first class reference facility open to students, visitors and the public. The Information Commons, a central open area, offers users some 115 available desktop computers (mostly PCs but also 6 iMACs). Visit the Bankier Library online or in person.

All Brookdale's programs and courses - whether offered on the main campus, at one of our Centers, or online - can be found in Acalog, our online catalog. You'll also find updated general information about admission and registration, the grading system, general education classes and much more.

Last year Brookdale’s Financial Aid office processed more than $34 million in tuition aid for about 8,000 full and part-time students. We have state and federal grants and loans, a wide variety of scholarships, and work study opportunities - let us match you with the right form of assistance!

Are you attending a college or university elsewhere? Pick up some extra credits while you're home - with one of our three Summer Terms, or our two-week Winterim Term in January! No credentials from your home college needed: just apply and register (online if you like) and choose your location!

Registration is now open for Spring 2015 courses offered by the Center for Career Development. Included are courses in healthcare career training, continuing education for nurses, business management, computer training, marketing, and much more.

Women’s & Gender Studies

Mission & Values:

The Women’s & Gender Studies Option at Brookdale Community College is a learner and community-centered program of study; a strong and viable Women & Gender Studies program is essential to promoting and enhancing the College’s stated “Vision, Values, Mission and Goals”. Our Humanities AA Option prepares students to engage and respond to their communities and social networks as ethical leaders by providing them with a feminist curriculum dedicated to diversity and in support of the College’s stated “Diversity Commitment”; a safe and challenging learning environment which promotes student-centered praxis and community engagement through service learning; and the tools to think critically about gender and its intersections with other relations of power as they become global citizens who value life-long learning and social justice.

Values:

We value learner and community-centered education

We value feminist pedagogy, curriculum, assessment and praxis

We value our students’ lives and experiences, in all their diversity

Leadership & Governance:

Women’s & Gender Studies at Brookdale is not a single department or discipline, but a multidisciplinary field of study managed by a collaborative team of engaged and practicing feminist scholars, faculty, students, staff and community members committed to the complementary stated missions of the Option and the College. We welcome all members of the Brookdale Community who are interested in feminist, community and learning-centered pedagogy and service to join the Women’s Studies Option Committee in order to strengthen, grow and develop our Option and our commitment to ethical, feminist public service, scholarship and leadership.

For faculty, staff, students and community members interested in our Option, please email: wgs@brookdalecc.edu